Elaine Sciolino is a contributing writer and former Paris bureau chief for The New York Times based in Paris. She has written six books. == Early life == A native of Buffalo, New York, Elaine Sciolino grew up in its Italian-American neighborhood on the city’s West Side. Her father, Anthony Sciolino, was the founder and owner of Latina Importing Company, an Italian specialty food store in Niagara Falls. Her mother, Jeannette Limeri Sciolino, was a homemaker and part-time painter. Sciolino atten…